Loughborough suffered their first league defeat of the season at the weekend when they lost top spot in the Midlands Two East (North) league table to neighbours Coalville.

Loughborough started brightly camped in the Coalville half for the first 15 mins but could not convert. Quick turn over by Coalville led to their first position of the match and they converted into the first try to go 5-0 ahead.

Loughborough were dominant in the scrum and line out to no avail and it was Coalville who scored again with a converted try to make it 12-0, before Boro hit back with a Tom Kirby try.

More continued pressure earned Loughborough a penalty which Kirby converted to make it 12-8 at the break but a poor start to the second half saw the home side score two more tries and take a commanding 24-8 lead.

Loughborough hit back with a try by Sands to reduce the arrears by five but poor discipline gave Coalville a chance to score another penalty to make it 27-13 and a Kirby break away try in the corner proved to be a mere consolation.

The defeat saw Loughborough knocked off the table and down to fourth place and they will be hoping to bounce back with a home victory over Kesteven on Saturday.